Hame-fastener



(No-Model.)

0. E. BAKER. HAME FASTENER.

PatentedMay 20, 1884.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,814, dated May 20, 1884.

Application tiled April 4, 1884. (No model.)

To /LZZ whom t may concer/n.-

Be it known that I, OswALD E. BAKER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Jamison, in the county of Clarke and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hams-Fasteners; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, olear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable Vothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this speeiiication, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my im` proved hame-fastener- Fig. 2 is a longitudil nal sectional view of the same. Fig.,3 is a perspective view of the perforated bottom plate with its turn-button removed from the top plate, and Fig. 4 is a cross-section through line x x in Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention has relation to llame-fasteners 5 and it consists in the improved construe tion and combination of part-s of the same which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

My improved haine-fastener consists of an upper plate, A, having a longitudinal slot, B, and hook C a-t one end, and abottom plate, D, having a series of holes or perforations, E, registering with the slot in the top plate, and a hook, C. rIhe hooks C and C are for the attachment of plates A and D, respectively,

to the two part-s of the hame.

` At one end of the bottom plate, D, is a swiveledbutton, F, having a slot, G, and frictionroller g in the head. This head isof such a shape and thickness that when it is turned parallel to the sides of the plate it may readily be inserted through the slotted top plate in locking the two parts of the device together.

At one end of the top plate is a transverse slot, H, through which the strap I is inserted, said strap being fastened upon a button, J, on hook C. The free end of this strap, after it is passed through thetransverse slot H, is adapted to be inserted into the slotted head of the turn-button F, so as to hold the same in position at right angles to the plate and prevent it from turning.

K is a hook upon the under side of the top plate, between the longitudinal and transverse slots, and adapted to engage any one of the apertures E in the bottom plate.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings, the operation of my improved hamefastener will readily be understood without requiring further explanation.

In order to detach the two plates for the purpose of lengthening or shortening the fastener, so as to properly adjust the haines, all that is necessary is to withdraw strap I from the button, turn the same parallel to the slot in the top plate, and then lift the hook K out ofthe hole in the bottom plate in which it is for the time inserted, and reinsert it into a diii'erent hole, after which the plates are again interlocked by reinserting the turn-button through the slotted top plate, turning it at right angles to the same, and inserting the free end of the strap through the slotted head.

Having thus described my iuvention,I clai 1n and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- The improved haine-fastener herein shown and described, consisting ofthe longitudinallyslotted top plate having a short transverse slot at one end, a hook for its attachment to one or" the haines at the other end, and ahook on its under side, in combination with the perforated bottom plate having a hook for its attachment to the other haine, the strap fastcned to the hooked end of the bottom plate, and the swiveled button having a slotted head for the insertion of the free end of the strap, the whole constructed and combined substantially as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. OSW'ALD EVANS BAKER.

lVitnesses:

JOHN Knien, LORENZO BUiiaNu'r'r. 

